Why is it no surprise that he brought a camera too?
Seems like Kerry's going to Vietnam was part of his political plotting from the very beginning. That would help explain why he bugged out after getting three very questionable purple heart medals...
I am surprised that this is news to Drudge. It is old news to most of us. It is obvious that Kerry had political ambitions from the git go and was there burnishing his image, which is why he fabricated PHs from non-hostile sources. The guy is a fraud.
John Kerry has a long history as a clymer. I believe admiral Zumwalt commented that Kerry's ambition for politics would lead him into trouble. Michael Medved met Kerry in college and said that Kerry claimed then that he would be president some day.
This guy is really wierd.
Time magazine reports that he brought a photographer along on his first honeymoon!
I think this is exploiting a terrible moment in US history, the Vietnam war. Actually showing pictures of an event where people died! Disgraceful.
/sarcasm off
"I find the timing of this very suspicious."
I for one am awfully tired of the kerry camp commenting that he didn't use his wealthy connections to get out of going to Iraq. That seems to indicate that wealth was a requirement for opting in favor of the national gaurds.
I have two uncles who chose the national gaurd over Vietnam. My grandfather was not wealthy or connected. he supported 5 kids on a small town electricians salary.
The footage he took was staged. He returned to the (now safe) area where he had seen some action and walked around holding a rifle. He has used this footage ever since to impress women and now he hopes to use it to impress enough women to propel him into the presidency.
Wounder if he will show the village he burned?
Does it show him brutally raping and torturing the enemy soldier, using electric wires attached to their genitalia -- as he admitted to doing?